The drive from Sault Ste Marie to Sudbury we had rainy weather. When we checked into Carol’s Campground the rain had let up, but when we got to our site, there were mud puddles everywhere—so bad that Daisy refused to lay down or sit outside.
Selfie with Daisy at the lakeBut I will say, the next morning, Daisy and I took a nice long walk and found a beautiful lake, some bunny rabbits to try to chase, and a snake. Check out these pictures:
The next day we headed to Toronto, this was a 4 ½ hour drive and we knew we were going to hit some traffic, so I volunteered to drive the first 2 hours. Good thing too, even though the GPS took us on the outer loop to get to Milton which is Southwest of Toronto, the traffic was heavy and the construction was crazy. Curt did a great job driving on the highway with the crazy weaving in and out people and the big trucks. It was a white knuckle drive for sure. But while we were headed out of the city, we noticed the inbound Toronto traffic was heavy the whole way. Did you know that 6 million people live in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area)—that is more than the population of the providence of Manitoba? (Fun Jeopardy fact).
The campground is beautiful, lots of green space.
The one thing that would make it a perfect place (besides an internet that actually works) is if they put a fence around one of the big fields for a dog park. When we started out our trip, on the west coast, there were a lot of campgrounds that had dog parks, or dog parks close by—poor Daisy has been tethered for many weeks now. I can’t trust her to run free, if she sees a squirrel or rabbit, she would be gone into the woods and not sure she would come back. There was plenty of green space to walk her, but also lots of bunnies and squirrels.
After our long drive, while Curt set up the water and electric and sewer and after I unpacked the inside, I made us some fresh fruit margaritas. We had bought the lemons, limes, and oranges a few days ago, but with the rainy weather and cold, there hasn’t been a good time to enjoy…until now.
We weren’t here 30 minutes and our neighbors arrived. At first we were upset about it, but these people were wonderful. They had 2 kids who were in love with Daisy!! Even though they had their own dog…Charlie, a big one year old black lab who wanted to play with Daisy too. Their friends came and stayed next to them so it was a big family gathering with 2 more kids and Charlie’s brother. We have found Canadians to be very friendly folks. We would talk across the campfires in the evening, and on their last day, they invited us over for a beer (they stayed Wednesday til Sunday, we were staying until Tuesday). And when they left on Sunday, it got quiet for a few minutes (no kids), but then it got loud…we could now hear the traffic from the highway. All weekend they had been our sound barrier and we didn’t even know it. No one filled those spots for the rest of the time we were there.
When we arrived here, we were commenting to the camp host about the traffic and wanted to visit Toronto while we were here. She told us even though the GPS would say a 45 minute drive, it would probably take us 2 hours to drive their and to find parking was very expensive. She gave us directions to the GO train station and told us it would take about 35 minutes to ride in—we were up for the adventure!!